MetLife | Pet Insurance Review

MetLife always comes through with their pet insurance. One of my four huskies recently had TPLO surgery. They came in clutch especially with it being at Christmas time.

Submitting documents is very user friendly and quick. Claims are addressed in a timely manner and customer service reps are always friendly and helpful!

Easy to use and received updates and reimbursement quickly.

I enrolled/purchased Pet Insurance for my dog Emma, about a year ago because of the wonderful reviews I read. It is easy to reach customer service by phone or email. Response time, friendliness, and professionalism is top-notch. Their online claims process is a little wonky but once your claims are accepted they and any payments due are expedited which is appreciated. They did deny a claim saying it was related to a pre-existing condition of allergies; however, it had NOTHING to do with her food allergy - it was something new. But I knew my chances of an appeal would be fruitless. Very frustrating. So for most of my first year with Metlife, I would have given 3-4 stars. HOWEVER........the reason I am VERY disappointed is their cleverness in exploiting an animal parent whose dog developed an illness while covered by them. I had to use the insurance purchased. At the time of the “renewal” sent to me, I used $1,531.44 out of the $5,000 annual limit. So basically, I used 30% of the benefit available to me. YET – THEY ARE RAISING MY PREMIUM by 45% I understand prices for many things have gone up. And I am an older person who knows the insurance game of “you use your insurance and your premium will go up”. I expected an increase but a reasonable one. An increase of 45% is pure exploitation. I say this because my dog developed an illness (hypothyroidism) that will always be a pre-existing condition making it hard for me to switch to another plan. They raised me that much knowing I can't get insurance for my dog elsewhere. Clever. Very clever.

Site is very user friendly and simple to sign my dogs up.